EGAVE

nuts

About 5.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun plural of nut
  2. noun The testicles.
  3. noun An unbeatable hand; the best poker hand available.
    If the board is 237QA, all of spades, the nuts is 45 of spades.
  4. adjective Insane, mad.
    After living on the island alone for five years, he eventually went nuts.
  5. adjective Crazy, mad; unusually pleased or, alternatively, angered.
    I just go nuts over her fantastic desserts.
  6. adjective Very fond of (on) someone.
    He's been nuts on her since the day they met.
  7. interjection Indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.
    Nuts! They didn't even listen to what I had to say.
  8. interjection Signifies rejection of a proposal or idea, as in forget it, no way, or nothing doing; often followed by to, as nuts to.
    They want me to pay $5 for a banana? Nuts to that!

Similar words

dotty batty loony bats barmy bonkers insane balmy kooky daft

Often followed by

and are in to or on for of were

Save “nuts” to learn later